# Certification

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/certification/13172>\
**Category:** HubSpot Academy Support\
**Created:** [February 22, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/certification/13172 "2019-02-22T14:22:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![boosah](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/boosah/32/2401_2.png) [@boosah](https://community.hubspot.com/u/boosah)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/certification/13172/1 "2019-02-22T14:22:38Z")

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Good afternoon Sir/Madam. I’m John by name, I’m taking the SEO Certification Course. The Course is said to be free, but contrary to that, some of the lessons/practical exercises are made compulsory that someone must pass them for them to be certified.

The criteria to pass them is that you must subscribe to one of Hubspot packages. I made up my mind to subscribe to the starter package, but I’m kind of confused; I tried doing the '‘automatically create tickets via email’ exercise but discovered I need to subscribe to a paid package before passing it. I tried to subscribe to the starter package which is $50, but I was told the $400 package is required to scale through a course that’s supposed to be free.

Please, I need your guidance and advise in this, it seems I didn’t get it well.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![gelflex-cc](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/gelflex-cc/32/25042_2.png) [@gelflex-cc](https://community.hubspot.com/u/gelflex-cc)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/certification/13172/2 "2019-02-22T20:25:45Z")

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@boosah I believe you can take a free trial of professional to get through the lessons.

Good luck.

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**Author:** ![boosah](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/boosah/32/2401_2.png) [@boosah](https://community.hubspot.com/u/boosah)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/certification/13172/3 "2019-02-25T12:50:07Z")

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Thanks @gelflex-cc. I have taken all the lessons in the SEO Certification Course, but I didn’t see option for exams, except the different quiz I took in stages of the course lesson. Is it because I have not subscribed to premium package? Thanks in anticipation of your reply

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**Author:** ![Jenny](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jenny/32/24_2.png) [@Jenny](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Jenny)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/certification/13172/4 "2019-02-28T18:11:46Z")

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Hi @boosah,

Are you looking at the SEO Training Course: Building Sustainable Traffic for Business Growth? If so, this is a track and not a certification course, so there will not be any exam or tangible certification associated with the track.

You can tell tracks vs certifications by looking at the heading above the title.

 ![Screen Shot 2019-02-28 at 1.09.52 PM.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/e/0e2b186282598f4c0c2f94fe8be3f5788c1d8806.png)

Thank you,  
Jenny